BACTERIAL UROPATHOGENS IN URINARY TRACT INFECTION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF PATIENTS ATTENDING JNIMS HOSPITAL, IMPHAL

The present study was conductedto determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the organism isolated from patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs). This study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal, Manipur for a period of one year. A total of 946 mid-stream urine samples were collected, out of which 285 (30.13%) showed growth of bacteria with significant count. Escherichia coli 123(43.16%) was the commonest bacterial pathogen followed by Klebsiellapneumoniae 51(77.89%), Staphylococcus aureus 43(15.09%), Enterococcus species 26 (9.12%), Proteus species 18 (6.3%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa 14 (4.9%) and Coagulase negative Staphylococcus 10 (3.5%). Most of the strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiellapneumoniae, Staphylococcusaureus showed resistant to ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin. Sensitivity was highest with gentamicin and netilmicin. Enterococcus, Proteus, Pseudomonas and Coagulase negative Staphylococcus showed resistant to cotrimaxazole and is sensitive to nitrofurantoin, gentamicin and netilmicin.